This project, designed by Robert Simeoni Architects, involved alterations and additions to an existing modernist house by Guilford Bell.
Aspiring to retain the existing built form and presence of the original house whilst meeting the spatial requirements of a young family, a first floor addition is carefully sited in a sheltered area, sitting in the lee side of an existing landscaped hill.
With a large and growing family, there was a need for additional bedrooms and flexible living spaces.
The first floor addition provides quiet spaces to which the inhabitants can withdraw, away from the activity in the open plan living areas.
The addition sits independently of the existing roof and folds in on itself creating a series of intimate and introverted moments.
These are contrasted by expansive spaces with periscopic views as the addition cantilevers out from the existing pavilion at the steepest point of the dramatically sloping site.
New external works integrate the house and the steep site more intuitively; the pool sited at the west of the site completes the external composition creating an edge to the site, framing the views beyond.
Project Team
Architecture
Robert Simeoni Architects
Robert Simeoni Architects was established in 1996 and has developed with a reputation for carefully considered design, detail, and construction.
The practice has a reputation for producing high quality architecture across a variety of typologies including residential, religious, institutional, public and community buildings.
www.robertsimeoniarchitects.com
Photography
Trevor Mein
Trevor arrived at a career in photography following a decade of study and work in various design related fields. Having spent his youth in rural Victoria, Australia, he studied fashion design, before transferring to architecture at RMIT University in Melbourne.
It was the imagery and allure of the fashion world which first piqued his interest in photography. His fascination with the medium was fostered during his time at RMIT University, where he augmented his studies with photographic work for motor journals, as well as training with advertising photographers.
These insights into the world of photography awakened a passion which he felt compelled to pursue full time once he earned his degree in architecture.
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